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Word: dragging (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...worry about marginalizing BGLSA into an organization made up of drag queens and art fags, "Giannino says...

Author: By Rebecca M. Wand, | Title: BGLSA Leaders' Goal Is Visibility | 5/12/1993 | See Source »

...industrial engineer weeks to figure. Not everybody was happy, but she got it right." Hillary does not take kindly to detours off the main road when a discussion is under way. Says close friend and former campaign scheduler Susan Thomases: "Hillary is a closer. She does not let things drag on." Another observes that "when Hillary leans forward, puts her elbows on the table in front of her and hunches her shoulders ever so slightly, this is international sign language for, 'Be quiet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At The Center Of POWER | 5/10/1993 | See Source »

...only guest so far to jump into the outdoor pool. When Norman Lear came for dinner, the President wore sneakers and dinner was chicken enchiladas. One night when Arkansas Senator David Pryor was over, he insisted the President go to bed, only to have Clinton try to drag him downstairs to see Steve Martin's Leap of Faith. The Clintons went out with the Gores one evening in leather jackets and jeans to a Virginia bar to hear Jerry Jeff Walker and drink Molsons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At The Center Of POWER | 5/10/1993 | See Source »

...opposites for the June 8 runoff. Venture capitalist Anglo Richard Riordan, 62, calls himself "tough enough to turn L.A. around." Liberal Asian-American city councilman Michael Woo, 41, vows to "build a multiethnic coalition." The campaign, predicted University of Southern California pundit Larry Berg, will be "a knock-down drag...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rough Runoff | 5/3/1993 | See Source »

...largest hotel, the Excalibur, is a medieval castle that looks like Cinderella's at Disney World. The hotel that Bugsy Siegel built, the Flamingo, is now owned by Hilton. Characters like Benny Binion, who bragged of killing those who crossed him, and Bill Harrah, who in his 60s drag-raced with teenagers on Reno streets, have been displaced by quiet, invisible graduates of business schools. The last convicted felon to be spotted by a local columnist on the Strip was Michael Milken, the junk-bond king. "What this town needs," says Bob Stupak, the crusty owner of Vegas World...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Great Casino Salesman | 5/3/1993 | See Source »

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